Schechinger/fennell system and method for filtering search results by utilizing user-selected parametric values from a self-defined drop-down list on a website

Abstract: The use of computer technology and the internet to quickly locate, view, compare by user-selected values from drop-down lists for key parameters, and select marketable products or other data. The growth of the internet has exceeded the capacity of existing technologies and business methods to allow business and consumer users to sort through a vast sea of data. Drop-down lists displayed within fields of key parameters enables the manipulation of data according to user-selected criteria, in which all conceivable products, whatever their use or country of manufacture, can be located, reviewed, compared, and selected for purchase. The invention uses a hierarchy-based software system that will allow the computer user to search and find required data directly. The user will no longer waste time sifting through search results that are outside the needs of his current search. (end of abstract)